Founding Forward Deployed Engineer
Summary
Founding forward-deployed engineer at an early-stage AI company serving manufacturing and supply chain operations: scope AI-powered workflows with customer teams, ship production code in customer environments, and lead deployments from discovery to go-live. Stack includes Python, SQL, APIs, and ERP data; on-site in San Francisco with 15–30% international travel.
About the Role
Join the customer-facing engineering team at an AI company serving manufacturing and supply chain operations. You will build and deploy AI-powered workflows with customers, taking solutions from discovery through production and helping shape the deployment approach as the team grows.
What You'll Do
Work with customer IT, procurement, and supply chain teams to identify and scope new workflows and use cases.
Build and ship production code in customer environments, designing solutions that can scale across deployments.
Lead technical deployments from discovery through go-live and own outcomes such as inventory, sourcing efficiency, and forecast accuracy.
Travel to customer facilities, including internationally, to work alongside operators and support adoption.
Bring customer feedback and field learnings to platform engineering to improve future deployments.
What We're Looking For
One to five years of customer-facing full-stack or forward-deployed engineering experience, with a strong software engineering foundation.
Experience owning customer deployments and shipping production systems in enterprise environments at a growth-stage technology company.
Ability to clarify ambiguous problems, gather technical requirements, scope end-to-end workflows, and deliver solutions to production.
Working knowledge of Python or a similar language, SQL, APIs, enterprise data, and related systems such as ERP platforms.
Comfort working independently in an early-stage environment, communicating clearly, and identifying additional use cases with customers.
Exposure to manufacturing, industrial, or supply chain operations is valuable. A strong computer science foundation is expected.
Willingness to travel internationally, primarily to Europe and Asia, approximately 15% to 30% of the time.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary: $175,000 to $255,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.
Location
On-site in San Francisco, California, five days per week.
Skills
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